CCA Lagos in collaboration with Goethe Institute, Lagos invites you to the special guest lecture by internationally renowned curator Simon Njami as part of the 2nd International Art Programme, History/Matter from 1st – 26th May 2012
Introduction: Marc-Andre Schmachtel, Director Goethe Institute of Lagos
Curating African Art in a Global Context
Global context means both in and outside of Africa. How do we deal with the question of audience and transmission? How do we build endogenous tools that would correspond to local realities and politics? How do we create references in and out of Africa and do we present ourselves at home and abroad? These are some of issues that Paris based Cameroonian Curator Simon Njami will be discussing.
Simon Njami is an independent curator, lecturer, art critic, novelist, and essayist. He is also a consultant in visual arts for the Association Française d’Action Artistique and co-founder and editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine “Revue Noire”, as well as the cultural adviser of the Sindika Dokolo Collection. His publications include essays in the catalogue for the Sydney Biennale and other international exhibition catalogues. Njami was the artistic director of the Bamako Photography Biennale from 2001 to 2007, and was the co-curator, with Fernando Alvim, of the first African Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. He has curated several exhibitions of African art and photography, including Africa Remix and the first African Art Fair, held in Johannesburg in 2008.
Simon Njami’s lecture has been initiated and generously supported by the Goethe Institute of Lagos as part of their 50th Anniversary programme.
